I am thrilled to be out of school for the summer! I love my job and I love teaching but I really love being at home with my kids for the summer. The summer after Max was born, I made a huge to do list and was really disappointed when I didn't get much accomplished. Since then I have thrown out any expectations and focused on having fun with my kids and relaxing.
Pretty much this post is about random things that have been happening over the past month. Klein finished a great year of preschool. She can write her name and knows all of her letters, numbers, colors, and shapes. She is a great little student and loves school. Here is a picture of her on one of her last days. She is not really into just smiling for the camera but thinks up crazy poses every time.
Here she is hanging out at the park during baseball. Her hair is down to her waist and she loves it long but hates having it combed or styled. I am not sure what to do with it.
Preslee at the park pulling a cheesy grin. She is growing up... notice her little pony tail.
Max has two more weeks of Super League. They have only lost two games in league play this season. He was thrilled when his cousin Jake came to watch him play.
Klein at gymnastics... she loves it and will keep doing it through the summer.
The Orangemen played in the Memorial Day tournament. They won just enough to make it to play on Monday but lost to the eventual champions. I was lucky to leave the girls with their grandmas. It was nice not to have to chase them around the park and the weather wasn't too good which would have made it worse. I am also having some pretty serious contractions and keep thinking this boy is determined to arrive early. I have 8 weeks to go and am feeling pretty anxious... there is a lot to do still!
We stayed at the Hampton Inn in Orem and Max had his dad throw the football to him as he dived in. He loves the water. I no longer have a big camera... mine died due to a misplaced super powered magnet and I need to get a new one. I hate not having a good camera to take pictures with. I have taken most of these pictures with my new iPhone... yes, now I am cool. I do love Apple products and love everything that they can do. I love that also have my Kindle on my phone so I can always have my book with me. It was nice to retire my $30 Walmart phone.
Max had six baseball games in six days last week, along with team practices and practices with Dad. Every night Max begs his dad to work with him... sometimes even after hours of playing a game or practicing. Max is a hard worker and wants to improve.
Thanks Shauna for this great picture of Max!
Max is playing Minor League this year for city ball. He plays on the Braves team and has been able to try many new positions. He pitched two innings and had four strike outs at this game. He has played 1st, 2nd, and 3rd base. One of the games went extra innings and Max caught a line drive at third base which he was pretty proud of. In this league he is playing against boys who are as old at 10.
Most days we spend hours outside. I am glad school is out because now it won't be so important to try to get the kids into bed at a specific time.
Preslee loves the sandbox and the trampoline. She has also learned how to drive the Jeep. Yesterday we spent three hours at InstaCare because something was wrong with her leg. She would collapse into tears when she was trying to walk. It started on Friday night and continued Saturday morning so I took her in. The wait was forever and she was still in pain and crawling around. After two and a half hours of sitting and X-rays, she started walking just fine. It was really strange and I am sure it will prove to be really expensive...
I love this picture of the kids. Notice they are holding Zeppe's cups... our newest addiction. Some weeks we have been there three times. It has definitely been my pregnancy craving. Some of my students work there and brought some for me on the last day of school. Something about icy sugar water that I just can't get enough of.
It has been a great school year and I usually start planning for the next year right after the AP test. I had about 130 kids take the AP English test this year. I hope to have at least a 60% pass rate. The crazy thing is that next year 190 kids signed up to take AP English which means I can't be the only one teaching the class. It makes me a bit anxious but I know things will be okay. I started teaching AP in 2005 and had a class of 20 students and still can't believe how much the class has grown.
Okay, enough rambling...
